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biome

vr.tr.biome · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle biomes by type, climate, distribution, biodiversity and threats, with sourced classification.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle biomes by type, climate, distribution, biodiversity and threats, with sourced classification.

A large community of plants, animals and other organisms occupying a major habitat defined by climate and vegetation, such as tropical rainforest, desert, tundra, grassland, savanna and woodland types like miombo.

What it is for: Classifying ecosystems at a global scale for science and conservation.

It can be map biome distribution; compare climate and vegetation; assess threats and protection; teach global ecology.

Distinguishing features

Global-scale ecosystem type

Defined by climate and vegetation

Contains many ecoregions

Shifting with climate change

What it looks like

Large landscapes with characteristic vegetation such as forests, grasslands or deserts.

How it is recognised

Dominant vegetation type

Climate range

Registry aliases include specific ecoregions and plant communities

Related models

is a kind of - category

biological system and landscape

contains - units

ecoregion and ecosystem

is shaped by - driver

climate

is studied by - fields

ecology and biogeography

In practice

Families and kinds

forest biomes

grassland and savanna biomes

desert and xeric shrubland

tundra

freshwater and marine biomes

Identifiers

WWF biome number terrestrial biome codes ecoregion framework

Standards and regulation

IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

Convention on Biological Diversity

Failure modes and hazards

Mixing classification schemes

Treating ecoregions as biomes

Overstating climate shift predictions

Also called

Alun-alunalvarmiomboMadagascar spiny thicketsUnited States National GrasslandAlopecurion pratensisgrasslandaerobiomeWWF biomemicrobiomeMediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrubaquatic biomeanthropogenic biomenecrobiomesemi-desertFritillario-AlopecuretumbaldMulgedio-Aconiteteaacidophilous grasslandPlantaginetalia majorisPolygonion avicularisMolinio-ArrhenathereteaCarici rupestris-Kobresietea bellardiiAnnual grasslandsnative grasslandannual grasslandtropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublandsveldmontane grasslands and shrublandstemperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublandsOxytropidion dinaricaecalcareous grasslandPlantaginetea majorisLowland hay meadowoak savannahdry grasslandurinary microbiomefecal microbiomeplastispherephyllosphere

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Which biome.

Schemes differ.

Biome

Category.

Biome

Biome type.

  1. Which biome is meant, under which classification? definition
  2. Which ecoregions belong to it? provenance

Climate

Temperature and rainfall.

Climate

Climate.

  1. What climate characterises it? measurement
  2. From which data? provenance
Distribution Where.

Maps need sources.

Extent

Area.

Extent

Extent.

  1. Where does it occur, and how large is it? measurement
  2. From which map? provenance

Change

Shifts.

Change

Change.

  1. How is its extent changing? provenance
  2. Due to which drivers? provenance
Biodiversity Life.

Biomes host biodiversity.

Species

Characteristic life.

Species

Characteristic species.

  1. Which species characterise it? definition
  2. How rich is it in species? measurement

Functions

Ecosystem services.

Functions

Ecosystem services.

  1. What services does it provide? definition
  2. Who depends on them? definition
Conservation Threats.

Many biomes are threatened.

Threats

Pressures.

Threats

Threats.

  1. What threatens it? boundary
  2. According to which assessment? provenance

Protection

Protected areas.

Protection

Protection.

  1. How much is protected? measurement
  2. From which database? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should biomes per scheme be separate entries?
  • How should ecoregions be linked?
  • How should classification schemes be mapped?
Draft as JSON